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Hasn't this always been happening? Some kid in some neighborhood coins a term, that becomes slang, that spreads, it enjoys a short period of exclusive usage by

by surge 11y ago

Hasn't this always been happening? Some kid in some neighborhood coins a term, that becomes slang, that spreads, it enjoys a short period of exclusive usage by those in a certain demographics then someone in some marketing department or writer's room incorporates it into their media and a few years later it's now in songs, cartoons, TV shows, etc that want to seem modern/relevant. The only difference is it now takes less time to spread and thanks to social media you can track the term almost to its source (since we don't actually know if the person was the first to coin the term or the first to use it online and popular enough for many others to see it). This is what happens with any social phenomenon, I don't think I'd want a world where every little thing that gets coined is trademarked/copyright by its source and you have to pay royalties to use recent "slang".

pc86 11y ago
Dave Chappelle has a pretty hilarious bit regarding the word "skeet" that has a similar point.
Mz 11y ago
If it is correct about the origin and shaping of copyright law, then the author has a point. I am a woman. I got married at 19 to another 19 year old. We both made choices that supported him having a career and undermined me having one. After we had been married a few years, I wanted to live in another city to finish my college degree. I was told I was trying to destroy the marriage. I rebutted that with "You go away all the time because of your job." I was told that was different, someone had to support the family. He could not acknowledge that he and I de facto had different "rights" in the relationship and the expectations that drove that were gender based -- i.e. sexist. Be very leery of saying that the intellectual property rights laws of a culture that overwhelmingly lines the pockets of whites and keeps blacks poor is race neutral and the different outcomes are mere coincidence or happenstance.

by surge 11y ago

pc86 11y ago

Dave Chappelle has a pretty hilarious bit regarding the word "skeet" that has a similar point.

Mz 11y ago

If it is correct about the origin and shaping of copyright law, then the author has a point. I am a woman. I got married at 19 to another 19 year old. We both made choices that supported him having a career and undermined me having one. After we had been married a few years, I wanted to live in another city to finish my college degree. I was told I was trying to destroy the marriage. I rebutted that with "You go away all the time because of your job." I was told that was different, someone had to support the family. He could not acknowledge that he and I de facto had different "rights" in the relationship and the expectations that drove that were gender based -- i.e. sexist. Be very leery of saying that the intellectual property rights laws of a culture that overwhelmingly lines the pockets of whites and keeps blacks poor is race neutral and the different outcomes are mere coincidence or happenstance.